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Program Mode

The Program Editor

Number of Tone Wheels

ThisparameterletsyouspecifythenumberoftonewheelsusedbyaKB3program.Theclassic

tonewheelorgansused91tonewheels,thoughthelowest12wereforthepedalsonly.

Therefore,youmayfind79agoodnumberoftonewheelstospecifyforrealisticorgan

emulations.

Thiswouldleaveyou88voicesforotherprograms.Youcanspecifyupto91tone

wheels.ThenumberofPC3LEvoicesusedbyaKB3programis(numberoftonewheels+1)/2,

roundedtothenexthighestwholenumberiftheresultisafraction.So,for

example,with79

tonewheelsspecifiedyouwoulduse40voices.Keepinmindthatthesevoicesarepermanently

allocatedandrunningwhiletheKB3programisselected,andcannotbestolen.Theadditional

voiceusedbyKB3programsisforkeyclick.

Organ Map

Theorganmapcontrolstherelativeamplitude of

eachkey,perdrawbar.Likethewheelvolume

maps,thesemapsarebasedonmeasurementswe’vemadeonactualorgans.Equalusesthe

samevolumeforeachkeyanddrawbar,andisnotbasedonarealB3.Peck’sisagoodnormal

map,fromaB3ingoodcondition.Eric’s

isabitmoreidealized;it’ssmoothedout,butless

realistic.Bob’sismoreuneven,basedonanoldB3.

Wheel Volume Map

Thewheelvolumemapdeterminesthevolumelevelforeachtonewheel.We’veprovided

severaltonewheelvolumemapshere,basedonmeasurementswe’vetakenondifferentorgans.

Equalis

amapwithalltonewheelsatthesamevolume.It’snotbasedonarealB3.Brightisa

goodnormalmap,basedonaB3ingoodcondition.JunkyisbasedonaB3withanuneven,

rolled‐offresponse.MellowissomewherebetweenBrightandJunky.

You

canalsoapplyEQtocontrolwheelvolumesbasedonthefrequenciesofeachtonewheel.

SeeKB3Editor:TheEQPage on page 6‐69.

Globals

Thisisanothertoggle,whichaffectsLFO2,ASR2,FUNs2and4.Whenoff,thesethreecontrol

sourcesarelocal;theyaffecteachindividualnoteinthe

layersthatusethemasacontrolsource.

Theybeginoperatingeachtimeanoteinthatlayeristriggered.

WhentheGlobalsparameterissettoOn,thesecontrolsourcesbecomeglobal,thatistheyaffect

everynoteineverylayerofthecurrentprogram,notjusttheoneto

whichthey’reapplied.When

thesecontrolsourcesareglobal,theybeginoperatingassoonastheprogramisselected.When

Globalsareon,LFO2,ASR2,andFUNs2and4willappearontheirrespectivepagespreceded

bytheletterGtoindicatethatthey’reglobal.You’lluseglobalcontrol

sourceswhenyouwantto

affecteachnoteinagivenlayeruniformly,andlocalcontrolsourceswhenyouwanttoaffect

eachlayer’snoteindependentl y.

Lower Transpose / Upper Transpose

Thesetwoparametersletyoutransposetheupperand/orlowertonewheelsinsemitonesteps

awayfromtheirdefaulttunings.

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